I posted a rather lengthy related topic some time back on a few forums, and received almost no responses that addressed the issue (very few responses at all, in fact). Perhaps it was the length of the post, or lack of clarity that was at fault? I'm not sure. Here is a rather truncated version of the initial question. I am genuinely curious.
[font=Times New Roman]Gen 1:25
"And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:..."[/font]
In what sense can one create the very first instance of a particular animal, 'after its own kind'?
Note that in this passage, it does not say something to the effect of 'and this creature shall procreate after its own kind'. It says simply, that the initial creation was somehow made 'after its own kind'. What can this mean?
The debate about 'kind' (short version)
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Kind has to be a taxonomy of living animals wide enough so that Noah's ark would not be over crowded but narrow enough that Humans and Chimpanzees are not grouped together.
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Re: The debate about 'kind' (short version)
Post #3NoisForm wrote:I posted a rather lengthy related topic some time back on a few forums, and received almost no responses that addressed the issue (very few responses at all, in fact). Perhaps it was the length of the post, or lack of clarity that was at fault? I'm not sure. Here is a rather truncated version of the initial question. I am genuinely curious.
[font=Times New Roman]Gen 1:25
"And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:..."[/font]
In what sense can one create the very first instance of a particular animal, 'after its own kind'?
Note that in this passage, it does not say something to the effect of 'and this creature shall procreate after its own kind'. It says simply, that the initial creation was somehow made 'after its own kind'. What can this mean?
I would think it would mean that the creature had a genetic code particular to its own group, within which it could upon reaching maturity procreate.
